This is an analysis of the poem Chicago Weather that begins with:

To-day, fair Thisbe, winsome girl!
Strays o'er the meads where daisies blow, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbcdedefefe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111101 110011101 11010101 100010101 0101001 010010001 11010101 11010101 01110101 11110001 01010101 01010101 11000101 11010101 11010001 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 603
  • Average number of words per stanza: 97
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Chicago Weather;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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